US 4,633,370 AGranted

Chip-like electronic component series

AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

InventorsMitsuro Hamuro, Kimiharu Anao, Keiichi Shimamaki

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Abstract

A chip-like electronic component series retains a plurality of chip-like electronic components (2) distributed along a longitudinal direction of a tape (1). The tape (1) is formed with a plurality of cavities (5) distributed in its longitudinal direction, so that the chip-like electronic components are received in respective ones of the cavities. In order to retain the chip-like electronic components in the cavities, the cavities are covered by a cover sheet (3). Each of the cavities comprises a relatively flat receiving portion (7) having a bottom surface (6) extending along the longitudinal direction of the tape and a projecting receiving portion (8) projecting from a part of the bottom surface of the flat receiving portion. With such configuration, the cavities can retain at least two types of chip-like electronic components of different geometry or retain the chip-like electronic components at least in two types of conditions.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A chip-like electronic component series comprising:

a tape (1, 11) extending in a longitudinal direction and having a plurality of cavities (5, 15) formed therein and distributed along said tape in said longitudinal direction;
a plurality of chip-like electronic components (2, 2a, 2b, 12) received in respective ones of said cavities;
and
cover means (3, 13) for covering said cavities to retain said electronic components therein,
each of said cavities being configured for selectively accommodating said components in a plurality of orientations within said cavity;
each of said cavities further comprising a relatively flat receiving portion (7, 17) being defined by an opening end portion extending along the surface of said tape, a side surface extending away from the opening end portion of said cavity and having a first height as measured in a direction away from said tape, a bottom surface (6, 16) extending from said side surface and along said tape in said longitudinal direction, and at least one projecting receiving portion (8, 18) projecting from a part of said bottom surface of said flat receiving portion, and having a second height which is greater than said first height.

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